Apple Crop Outlook Brightens Despite 1949 Losses
Winchester fruit growers heard A H Teske of VPI predict a 1950 apple crop larger than 1949 and a solid peach crop despite recent freezes. He warned weather remains the key, with frosts prompting smudge pot fires and several regions reporting varying damage. Teske projected 500000 to 750000 bushels of peaches with Good blooms expected in some varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Miller
Winchester
A. H. Teske
VPI
Soenedy
Ately Gat Chard
Teske
A. B. Gr
Winchester Research Laboratory
Walker McC. Bond
Virginia
Philip Barnhart
VES
Joseph Butler
H. W. Butt Jr
Timberville
Rappahannock
Madison-Nelson
Berksville
Roanoke
Albertas
Delicius
Stayman
York
Jonathan
State Department weighs actions after Baltic crisis
Officials weighed options after the Russian attack on an American plane and a deadly Baltic incident. Potential steps included a strong note to Moscow, denouncing the Soviet account, recalling Ambassador Kirk, and taking the case to the United Nations or the Hague Court, with sharp congressional calls for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Baltic
Congress
Russia
Alan G. Kirk
United Nations
International Court
Hague
United States
Tion
Moscow
State Acheson
Capitol
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Kirk
Kremlin
Soviet
Latvia
Queen Anne Carleton Hadley to visit Winchester club luncheon
Miss Anne Carleton Hadley Shenandoah XXIII the festival queen will attend a joint luncheon hosted by the Winchester Lions Rotarians Exchange Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce at the George Washington Hotel. The event features a Utah Centennial Chorus performance and is chaired by Dr Leon Slavin with Amos Shryock confirming officials will greet the queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Carleton Hadley
Shenandoah XXIII
Ivic
Winchester Lions
Rotarians
Exchange Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Leon Slavin
George Washington Hotel
Hadley
Utah Centennial Chorus
Amos Shryock
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Chinese Survivors To Fight Again
Eighteen survivors of a Chinese Nationalist division, wiped out in the Peiping fighting of 1948, arrive in Manila while en route to Formosa. Led by Gen. Chung Hsien Sun, they recount a two year trek across China after defeat, vowing to continue the fight from Formosa.
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Manila
Peiping
Sheir
Chung Hsien-Sun
Formosa
Chung
China
India
Calcutta
Nationali
Hearings Set on Lorraine Tug Sinking Fatalities
Norfolk hearings will resume Tuesday on the April 9 sinking of the tug Lorraine with six lives lost.
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Norfolk
Waynesboro Chamber Executive Secretary Resigns
The Board of Directors announced that Executive Secretary Paul E. West has submitted his resignation effective June 1. The move comes as the chamber seeks leadership continuity and notes Mr West’s years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
The
Waynesboro Chamber of Commerce Today
Paul E. West
Chrysler Talks Are Deadlocked in 88 Day Strike
Federal mediator reported a hopeless deadlock in the 88 day Chrysler strike after a long bargaining session. Non economic contract issues like grievance procedure union security and seniority rules stalled progress while pension financing remained in principle agreed. Costs neared 1.25 billion with losses by Chrysler dealers and suppliers reaching over 1.19 billion through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler
Arthur C. Vint
Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service
Mediator
Viat
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Automotive News
Chrysler Corporation
Two Czechs Sentenced to Death for Treason
Prague officials report two Czechs were sentenced to death for high treason and spying for the United States. A sixth co-defendant drew life imprisonment, while three others received 18 to 25 year terms. The death recipients were Jaromir Nechansky, 34, a British trained wartime parachutist, and Valeslav Wahl, 28, a law student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Map
Jaromir Nechansky
Valeslav Wahl
Vet Kills Wife and Shoots Self Near Port Huron
Wart veteran Robert De Lacy 26 shot his wife Thelma 28 inside their home after months of quarrelling. He then fled at 80 mph, tailed by police, and killed himself with the same gun in front of Smith's Funeral Home. A penciled note asking to save a place for him was left in his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Robert de Lacy
de Lacy
Thelma
Thelma Tooch
St. Clair County
de Lacy’s
Arthur H. Smith
Smith
Senator Warns Gambling Ban Could Wipe Out Rings
Senator Capehart says a nationwide ban on legalized pari mutuel betting could wipe out most U S gambling rings but he stops short of a formal move. He spoke after officials testified on organized crime and urged testimony from key figures, including Edward J. McBride of Cleveland and the Brophy brothers in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capehart
R-Ind
United States
Senate Conmerce
Edward J. McBride
Cleveland
Continental Press Service
Russell and
Leonard Brophy
Los Angeles
Blood Donor Reaches Eighth Gallon Club at Red Cross
Anne Campbell of Kernstown becomes eighth visit donor as 57 donors yield 174 pints for March at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Noted 50 percent from Winchester, six from county. two seven time donors, four with sixth donation. Dr. Jackel to close office during Apple Blossom Festival. Foundations sales ad and planting offerings listed.
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Anne Virginia Campbell
Kernstown
Galion Club
Red Cross
William F. Schenck
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lions
Winchester
Wendell Barney
Jefferson St
Ben Belchie
Tennyson Ave
Ronald Smyre
Parkview
Frances B. Lee
S. Purcellt
Frances W. Snyder
Cork St
Charles M. Zucker
Orchard Ave
Betty Ryan
S. Kent
John C. Blackburn
N. Braddock St
Mary Hershberger
Monmouth St
Ralph Whit
Arthur M. Jackel
N. Loudoun
Winchester Seed Co
Living costs edge up in March led by higher food prices
The government said living costs rose three tenths of one percent in March, driven by a six tenths increase in food costs. The index is 1.5 percent lower than a year earlier, but 25 percent above June 1946 wartime levels and 69 percent above prewar prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
35 Die As Air Force Plane Crashes In Japan Mountains
An Air Force C 54 transport with 35 aboard crashed in mountains southwest of Tokyo during a storm. The four engined plane from the Philippines was headed to Tachikawa air base and last contacted near Oshima island at 11 08 p m local time. Ground search crews and aircraft were unable to locate the wreckage amid bad weather. The passenger list included Chicago official Prank E Pickelle and other occupation workers. A full roster was not released by Air Force headquarters.
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Tokyo
Air Force
MacArthur
Japan
Philippines
Chicago
Prank E. Pickelle
Frvereign
Manila
James Torrens
Washington
Bernard Adams
New York
Teresa Krossner
Odawarai
Sagami Bay
Tachikawa
Tachikawa Air Base
Okinawa
Oshima
Sagamo Bay
Bus and coal truck collide injuring two in Roanoke
A coal truck and a Greyhound bus collided at the corner of Brad dock and Boscawen streets at 1 04 this morning causing minor injuries to two passengers and about 900 dollars in property damage. The truck driver Waldo Wilson Grapes 32 of Charles Town was convicted in Police Court of reckless driving improper registration and no chauffeur license. He paid 65 dollars in fines plus 8 75 court costs. Injured were Relve Richards 112 Fairview Houston Texas with a cut above the left eye and nose abrasion and Robert Gordon 2204 Christian St Philadelphia Pa who had a twisted back. The bus operator William Howard West of Roanoke continued the journey after transfers and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greyhound
Braddock
Boscawen
Waldo Wilson Grapes
Charles Town
E. C. Stuart
Relve Richards
Fairview
Houston
Texas
Robert Gordon
Christian St
Philadelphia
William Howard West
Roanoke
Washington
Capitol Restaurant
Air Prake
Low Temperatures Force Smudge Pot Use in Area Orchards
Cold snap drives growers to fire smudge pots across Byrd and Moore orchards near Berryville Summit Point and Winchester area. Heatings began around 2 30 a m and continued to 6 30 a m boosting orchard temperatures by about five degrees as researchers note potential damage minimal but possible at 24 32 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Robinson
Byrd
Berryville
Jefferson County
York
Ay Byrd
Johnson and Bell-McGuire
Moore and Morsey, Inc
E. Blackburn Moore
Summit Point
Winchester Research Laboratory
H. W. Butler
Mt. Williams
Nicodemus Peach
Robinsons
Stonewall
Winchester
A. B. Groves
Bad Floods Hit Western States
The Dakotas and Minnesota face their worst floods in over 50 years with Red and James rivers swelling. About 7,000 in North Dakota become homeless as dozens of towns are isolated and an emergency is declared statewide. Minnesota sees the Mississippi flood risk and farmers evacuated while warmer weather arrives.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red
James
Minneapolis
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Oslo
Minn
Grand Forks
N. C
Red River
Plains
North Central
Midwest
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
South Atlantic
Greensboro
Charleston
S. C
Michigan
Grand Marais
Cadillac
Attorney seeks dismissal of perjury charges in White House visitor case
Washington sources report John Mara gon's attorney filed a motion today to dismiss perjury charges against a man who was formerly a frequent White House visitor. The motion argues lack of evidence and constitutional issues surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Maragon
White House
Red Invaders Close On Hoihow on Hainan Island
The Central News Agency from Taipei reports Red forces near Hoihow on Hainan Island with Nationalist claims of victory viewed as cautious and likely overstated. Independent dispatches place fighting within 6 to 22 miles of Hoihow as defenses evacuated and city life halted.
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Red
Hainan Island
Hoihow
Taipei
Hainan
Defense Ministry
Hong Kong Standard
Hoshow
Big Island
South China
Formosa
Lenin Birthday Observances Highlight Peace Promise
Pravda marks the 80th anniversary of V I Lenin by publishing his declarations on Russia seeking peaceful coexistence with capitalist nations. The communist party notice emphasizes Lenin's enduring call for harmony amid global tensions in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
V. I. Lenin
Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
Four Divisions to Parade in Shenandoah Apple Blossom Fest
Four divisions will participate in the Firemen's Parade of the 23rd annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on Thursday. Grand Marshal Fulton Lewis Jr. and parade director John Hawse will lead a procession with officials and dignitaries including Tom Baldridge and Delmar Robinson among others, escorted by State Police. The Indian Band of William and Mary College will precede seven official cars for parade organizers and sponsors, with U S Senators Byrd and Robertson and other state and local figures among the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Lewis Jr
John Hawse
Tom Baldridge
Delmar Robinson
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Mr. Hawse
Marvin Weaver
Indian Band of William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Garland R. Quarley
Virgil Strader
Charles A. Pine
Harry F. Byrd
U. S
A. Willis Robertson
B. P. Harrison
Virginia
E. Blackburn Moore
Nation-Wide Phone Strike May Loom Over South Bend Dispute
New York telephony unions threaten a 10 000 worker strike within 24 hours if Western Electric fails to shift position on the South Bend Indiana wage dispute. Movements across Seattle Portland Fargo and other cities signal a potential nationwide work stoppage unless a settlement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Weaver
Division 6
CIO Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Co
South Bend
Ind
Bell Telephone
Truman
St. Louis
Frank P. Lonergan
CWA
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern
Lonergan
Western Electric
Weaver
Yeapathy
Essumy
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Fargo
N. C
Bell System
Federal Mediation Service
AT & T
Governor Battle Plans Winchester Stop During Apple Blossom Week
Governor John S Battle will visit Winchester next Thursday for the Apple Blossom Festival events. He arrives at noon with Mrs Battle and attends a distinguished guest luncheon coronation ceremonies and pageant before returning to Richmond that night. He rearranged his schedule to see Winchester friends expressing appreciation for their kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Battle
Winchester
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Frederick and
Clarke
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
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